Africans in America opens at Goodman Gallery

Opening of In Context: Africans in America at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, November 17 2016.

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The National Health Laboratory Services finally admitted to a bottleneck last week, after denying there were any issues since April. According to the service, the backlog of 80 000 tests started in the first week of May